Richard J Pels
Biographic Data
| ID | 5708933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard J Pels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard J |
| FAMILY NAME | Pels |
| SIGNATURE | PELS R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lessons from a social medicine and advocacy curriculum
A semiotic perspective on chronic pain
A semiotic conceptualization of pain in the chronic pain syndrome is proposed. It is suggested that among chronic pain patients pain ceases to be an icon or an index and acquires a symbolic structure: this transformation interferes with the usual patient‐physician relationship. The semiotic perspective on the structure of meaning in the chronic pain syndrome underlines the need to include a psychotherapeutic approach in the patient‐physician rela…
A semiotic perspective on chronic pain
A semiotic conceptualization of pain in the chronic pain syndrome is proposed. It is suggested that among chronic pain patients pain ceases to be an icon or an index and acquires a symbolic structure: this transformation interferes with the usual patient‐physician relationship. The semiotic perspective on the structure of meaning in the chronic pain syndrome underlines the need to include a psychotherapeutic approach in the patient‐physician rela…
A semiotic perspective on chronic pain
A semiotic conceptualization of pain in the chronic pain syndrome is proposed. It is suggested that among chronic pain patients pain ceases to be an icon or an index and acquires a symbolic structure: this transformation interferes with the usual patient‐physician relationship. The semiotic perspective on the structure of meaning in the chronic pain syndrome underlines the need to include a psychotherapeutic approach in the patient‐physician rela…
Lessons from a social medicine and advocacy curriculum
Empathy and Medical Education (2 works) · Alliance (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Chronic pain (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Curriculum (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Innovations in Medical Education (1 work) · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (1 work) · Law (1 work)